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🅾️ Common Mistakes
❌ Don't say: Both did not come.
✅ Say: Neither came.
❌ Don't say: Both of them did not pass the test.
✅ Say: Neither of them passed the test.
🅾️ In negative clauses, we use ‘#neither’ not both.
❌ Don't say: Have you received any informations?
✅ Say: Have you received any information?
🅾️ The word #information is uncountable in English. It does not have a #plural form.
❌ Don't say: We have bought new furnitures.
✅ Say: We have bought new furniture.
🅾️ The word #furniture does not have a plural form in English. To denote the singular aspect of the noun, you can use ‘an #article of furniture’ or a ‘#piece of furniture’.
❌ Don't say: The machineries were expensive.
✅ Say: The machinery was expensive.
🅾️ The word #machinery does not have a #plural form. It is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
❌ Don't say: The sceneries here are beautiful.
✅ Say: The scenery here is beautiful.
❌ Don't say: Do not carry heavy luggages during travel.
✅ Say: Do not carry heavy luggage during travel.
❌ Don't say: He conveyed these news to his relatives.
✅ Say: He conveyed this news to his relatives.
🅾️ The words #scenery, luggage and news are uncountable in English. They do not have a plural form.
❌ Don't say: He told, 'I will/'ll go home.'
❌ He told that he'd go home.
✅ Say: He said, 'I will/'ll go home.'
✅ He said that he'd go home.
🅾️ Use "#to_say" (1) when referring to a person's actual words, and (2) in indirect speech if the sentence doesn't contain an indirect object.
💥Note💥
🗞Common idioms with "#say" and #tell
🔸 Say a prayer.
🔸Who says?
🔸I must say!
🔸You can say that again!
🔸 If you say so!
…………………………………………………
🔹 Tell the truth.
🔹 Tell a lie.
🔹 Tell a story.
🔹 Tell the time.
🔹 Tell your fortune.
🔹 Tell someone your name.
#Grammar #CommonMistakes
🅾️ Common Mistakes
❌ Don't say: Both did not come.
✅ Say: Neither came.
❌ Don't say: Both of them did not pass the test.
✅ Say: Neither of them passed the test.
🅾️ In negative clauses, we use ‘#neither’ not both.
❌ Don't say: Have you received any informations?
✅ Say: Have you received any information?
🅾️ The word #information is uncountable in English. It does not have a #plural form.
❌ Don't say: We have bought new furnitures.
✅ Say: We have bought new furniture.
🅾️ The word #furniture does not have a plural form in English. To denote the singular aspect of the noun, you can use ‘an #article of furniture’ or a ‘#piece of furniture’.
❌ Don't say: The machineries were expensive.
✅ Say: The machinery was expensive.
🅾️ The word #machinery does not have a #plural form. It is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
❌ Don't say: The sceneries here are beautiful.
✅ Say: The scenery here is beautiful.
❌ Don't say: Do not carry heavy luggages during travel.
✅ Say: Do not carry heavy luggage during travel.
❌ Don't say: He conveyed these news to his relatives.
✅ Say: He conveyed this news to his relatives.
🅾️ The words #scenery, luggage and news are uncountable in English. They do not have a plural form.
❌ Don't say: He told, 'I will/'ll go home.'
❌ He told that he'd go home.
✅ Say: He said, 'I will/'ll go home.'
✅ He said that he'd go home.
🅾️ Use "#to_say" (1) when referring to a person's actual words, and (2) in indirect speech if the sentence doesn't contain an indirect object.
💥Note💥
🗞Common idioms with "#say" and #tell
🔸 Say a prayer.
🔸Who says?
🔸I must say!
🔸You can say that again!
🔸 If you say so!
…………………………………………………
🔹 Tell the truth.
🔹 Tell a lie.
🔹 Tell a story.
🔹 Tell the time.
🔹 Tell your fortune.
🔹 Tell someone your name.
#Grammar #CommonMistakes
📘📘 American English File 2, Second Edition, Unit 11C, Exercise 3, GRAMMAR, Pages 88, 146 and 147
🔎 so, neither + auxiliaries
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🔎 so, neither + auxiliaries
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📙📙📙📙American English File 4, Second Edition, GRAMMAR 10A, Exercise 5, Pages 97 & 150
🔎 quantifiers: all, every, both, etc.
🔎 all, every, most
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🔎 quantifiers: all, every, both, etc.
🔎 all, every, most
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📙📙📙📙American English File 4, Second Edition, GRAMMAR 10A, Exercise 5, Pages 97 & 150
🔎 quantifiers: all, every, both, etc.
🔎 no, none, any
🔎 both, neither, either
@AliTavakoli1
#AmericanEnglishFile4 #Grammar #Quantifiers #All #Every #Both #Most #no #None #Any #Neither #Either #B2 #AEF4U10Ae5 #AEF4 #10A
🔎 quantifiers: all, every, both, etc.
🔎 no, none, any
🔎 both, neither, either
@AliTavakoli1
#AmericanEnglishFile4 #Grammar #Quantifiers #All #Every #Both #Most #no #None #Any #Neither #Either #B2 #AEF4U10Ae5 #AEF4 #10A
🔎 Determiners
Viewpoint one, Student's Book, Unit 9A, Pages 95 & 160
#Grammar #Viewpoint1 #9A #Determiners #VP1U9AE2 #B2 #Each #Every #both #All #No #None #Neither
Answers
1. All successful people know you need a vision.
2. Both men became billionaires.
3. Neither product sold at first.
4. None of them graduated from college.
5. No success comes easily.
Answers
1. B Yes. All my close ... and all of their efforts paid off. No
success is easy. None of my ...
2. B Well, each person is successful ... But every friend I have
is doing what they love.
3. B ... but neither of their companies ...
4. B ...I'm sure every student is happy ... Both of my
roommates thought I would quit.
Viewpoint one, Student's Book, Unit 9A, Pages 95 & 160
#Grammar #Viewpoint1 #9A #Determiners #VP1U9AE2 #B2 #Each #Every #both #All #No #None #Neither
Answers
1. All successful people know you need a vision.
2. Both men became billionaires.
3. Neither product sold at first.
4. None of them graduated from college.
5. No success comes easily.
Answers
1. B Yes. All my close ... and all of their efforts paid off. No
success is easy. None of my ...
2. B Well, each person is successful ... But every friend I have
is doing what they love.
3. B ... but neither of their companies ...
4. B ...I'm sure every student is happy ... Both of my
roommates thought I would quit.